Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

How long would it take a good programmer to program a game like "tetris" from scratch? Sam Stenner, Amateur Programmer 78.3k views I can’t speak for Tetris, but the other day my Computer Science teacher challenged my class to create the original Space Invaders game before the end of the lesson.   Most of ...  Read More »

How did Japan become wealthy? Avery Morrow, Research Student in Religious Studies 30.8k views Because of this guy.   Fukuzawa Yukichi graces the 10,000 yen note in Japan even today. He and other great minds like him translated Western classics of politics and economics...  Read More »

How has Donald Trump's position on gun rights changed since the start of the campaign? Katie Zezima, Washington Post political reporter 154k views Donald Trump’s position on guns has changed quite a bit over the past few years.   In 2000,Trump wrote that he supported a ban on assault weapons and a slightly longer waitin...  Read More »

Is [math](\text{exactly }1)^\infty = 1[/math]? Alon Amit, Mathcircler and Origamist. 12.5k views No.   Similar questions were answered many times on Quora (see Why is[math]1^\infty[/math] an indeterminate form? or What is [math]1^{\infty}[/math]?), but I guess this one deserves special attention because of the “ex...  Read More »

Why do I feel I am going to die this year? LexAndria Nacheweena Owen, Singer, actor, writer, reader, full-time learner 128.2k views My friend had this premonition ever since she was very very young that she would die when she turned 16.   A year or so when she was 15 she was struck with colitis, she would ...  Read More »

Why do gun owners get so offended when foreigners criticize Americas gun laws and culture? Yuriy Kovarskiy 7.2k views Much of this criticism comes from Europeans who proudly state all or most of the following: They do not own a gun and never did They do not want to own a gun They do not know ...  Read More »

Why does every programmer I talk to say anything but C is a waste of time to learn first? Andrei Manu, CS Student 18.4k views Here's something you don't hear everyday: I wish I had started with C. I started with C++, on my own. And wow, that was really, really hard. Took me around 6 months to unde... Read More »

My 20 month old toddler has a peculiar behaviour. Is this something to be worried about? Steve Davis, Counselor30yrs,Renovator,Sail& PowerBoats,&Freelance Maestro 139.1k views STOP THIS EXPERIMENTING IMMEDIATELY !!!   You are fucking with your child’s head, in ways that CAN CAUSE PERMANENT DAMAGE TO YOUR CHILD. And the consequences will likely be mu...  Read More »

How does Elon Musk look so bulky and muscular? Bart Loews, Parenting; Programming; Fitness 478.9k views Selection Bias and a good wardrobe   And there’s a chance you don’t know how to pick out a muscular guy.   You’ve probably seen well curated pictures of him like this:   Or: ... Read More »

Why do C++ programmers dislike C? Roger DiPaolo 18.6k views I sincerely and honestly disagree with Bjarne Stroustrup. The community of C users never asked for an OO language to be created from C. This C programmer, who has been usin...  Read More »